A notice stating that the high oil price damage support fund is accepted is posted at a convenience store in Seoul on the 29th last month./Courtesy of News1

"High oil price damage support" applicants reached 73% in four days.

According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 1st, as of the previous day, 2,358,682 people had applied for the high oil price damage support.

The first high oil price support payment is provided to vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty households, and single-parent families. Taking this into account, the total number of eligible recipients is 3,227,785.

So far, the amount of support applied for totals 1.3413 trillion won, and each person is expected to receive about 570,000 won.

By payment method, credit and debit cards were the most common with 984,209 people (41.7%), followed by prepaid cards with 810,456 (34.5%); local love gift certificates in mobile or card form with 493,254 (20.9%); and paper certificates with 67,163 (2.8%).

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